Foreign direct investment in Africa: The role of natural resources, market size, government policy, institutions and political instability

World Economy

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-77

  Asiedu, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; MACROECONOMICS; MARKET; NATURAL RESOURCE; POLITICAL INSTABILITY;

AFRICA;

EID: 33645904813     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2006.00758.x     Document Type: Article

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